Zorro to crusade again in futuristic US film

The Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal will wield the sword of Zorro in a futuristic version of the classic story about the masked crusader, AFP reports citing the film industry magazine Variety revealed on Thursday.

Unlike previous versions, the new movie, "Zorro Reborn," will not take place during Spanish colonial times in California or Mexico.

Instead, the actor who starred in "The Motorcycle Diaries" will bring Zorro to life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in a script written by Glenn Gers and produced by 20th Century Fox.